A STUDY OF FOUCAULT AND POSTCOLONIALISM BEYOND THE EUROPEAN PROVINCE

Abstract

In "A study of foucault and postcolonialism beyond the european province," the author delves into how Michel Foucault's theories overlap with postcolonial theory, with the goal of broadening the scope of Foucauldian analysis beyond that of Eurocentrism. In order to decenter Eurocentrism in theoretical frameworks, the abstract looks at how colonial and postcolonial contexts might be understood via the lens of Foucault's ideas of power, discourse, and governmentality. The abstract makes the case for a critical examination of colonial pasts and their continuing impacts on modern societies by drawing on Foucault's ideas on power and knowledge production processes. It argues that Foucauldian analytics may be useful in analyzing colonial and postcolonial power relations and understanding the tangled web of colonial legacies. At its conclusion, the abstract suggests rearranging Foucault's theoretical framework to take into consideration the far-reaching effects of colonialism on social, political, and cultural developments outside of the European province.